My first experience with AWS Lambda (by taming Twitter)
I've been wondering if I can tame Twitter a bit by cleaning up my timeline. Using AWS Lambda and the Ephemeral Go package, I think I've found a good start....
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Twitter... bring on the chaos. Or not.
Everything that's happened with Facebook recently has me thinking a lot about social media in general - and the social media I use most, Twitter. What value does it bring me, and what are the hidden cost? And do the benefits outweigh those costs?...
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Why I dumped Facebook for good
I've decided to pull the plug (after downloading my data and subscribing to feeds for the blogs of anyone I followed), but wanted to document some of the many stories that have come out over the years... in case I ever get the itch to sign up again....
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Accessing tweets, friends, lists, and more with the Twitter API
To kick off my 15 APIs in 15 Days challenge, let's check out the Twitter API, how to use it and what it has to offer. Their API allows you to access tweets, users who tweet, and metadata associated with tweets, as well as other actions like manipulating lists....
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Sick of all the noise on Twitter? I was too. So I wrote a Chrome extension to hide it.
A lot of sites load extra content along the top and in sidebars, to keep you on the site longer. It'd be trivial for Twitter to hide trends or who to follow, but there's no incentive to do it. I don't need the distractions though, so I wrote a Chrome extension to remove them!...
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Staying motivated to maintain an online presence
Sometimes when I'm feeling unmotivated or overwhelmed, or that continuing to learn while raising young kids is more than I can balance, the universe tosses a bunch of motivational stuff in my lap, like this......
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The Culture of Likes and Hearts and Faves
I rejoined Facebook a couple weeks ago after a long hiatus, and though I haven't posted much yet, it's been...
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